Author: Joseph Dickerson

First, the new trailer for Iron Man is here. Initial take: I’m there opening day, even though the trailer pretty much reveals the plot – which is a shame, because you know how many twists there are in the typical super-hero movie…

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William F. Buckley passed away yesterday. The Corner has some wonderful tributes.

Five minutes of Battlestar Galactica season 4 goodness here:[youtube]bkYvXmD94e0[/youtube] 

Haven’t done this in a while, so let’s have a go shall we? Man, it is really hard to believe it’s been almost 14 years since this, the first film to feature the Next Generation crew, was released. Lot‘s happened…

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Curses. I never watch Oprah but if I knew the Shat was on I would have tivo’d it… Here’s a review.

I heard this was coming out last year, thanks to the fan site (yes, a car driven by a fictional super-hero can have a fan site) 1966batmobile. com: a 1/18th scale replica of the original (accept no substitutes) Batmobile from…

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After years of “agressive dancing and aerobic activity” the great Prince will soon be having hip replacement surgery. Ah, yes “aerobic activity.” If I had a fifth as much “activity” as Prince has had, I would die a happy man…

Finally, the BBC has cut a deal with an American network (in this case Sci-Fi) to show the upcoming series of Doctor Who within two weeks of the original broadcast in the UK (as opposed to the past three series…

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This week was the birthday of  Joel Hodgson. the co-creator and original host of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (MST3K for short). It may be too early in the year for this, but here’s wishing him a Patrick Swayze Christmas: [youtube]2ZyJCV_dyug[/youtube]

Finally got around to watching the Knight Rider TV-movie revival/back door pilot. This, in case you don’t know, is the FOURTH time Universal has tried to revive this show. Yes, fourth. So, was it any good? Well… I hate to…

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Weird news of the day: Since Transformers made a boat-load of money, and the early buzz on G.I.Joe is very positive (both by Paramount),  Universal has cut a deal to license several other Hasbro toy properties, committing to four films.…

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Well, it’s only a Brian McKnight music video, but still… Tons of details, including video of the shoot, at BTTF.com.

According to several sources, Toshiba is about to abandon the HD-DVD format, leaving blu-ray as the “victor” in the HD wars. Of course, this happens after I buy a HD-DVD player in November… Sigh. At least it makes a good…

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Should have posted this earlier, but here’s some great comments of the creators behind The Shark is Still Working, a yet-to-be-released Jaws documentary, on the passing of Roy Scheider.

Goosebumps. Serious goosebumps. I’m 13 years old again… View it here.